Washington

Feel like a number
Baltimore Sun
After TE and TE8, we got area codes. First, Maryland was all 301. Then came 410, which was something of a rude awakening for those of us in the Baltimore Area because the Washington, DC suburbs got to keep 301 and it was us in the Baltimore area who

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Local events for Friday, May 18
Corning Leader
Dress code. 732-4286. • Karaoke | 10 pm-2 am, The Beam House, North Buffalo Street, Elkland, Pa. (814) 258-5608. • PJ Elliott | 9 pm-1 am, Maloney's Pub, 57 Pulteney St., Hammondsport. • Phyzz | 9:30 pm-1 am, The Hot End, 101 Prescott Ave.,

Myth Of Decline: US Is Stronger and Faster Than Anywhere Else
Newsweek
Its markets were scythed in half, and Washington's political paralysis spooked investors. Most distressing were the numbers: annual deficits over $1 trillion, 8.75 million jobs lost, $4-per-gallon gasoline. Given the magnitude of the economic fall,

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Community seeks solution to abandoned home construction projects
Elizabethton Star
In 2008, Gary Phillips of Piney Flats began building homes in the Meadowbrook subdivision, which is located off Highway 91 in the Stoney Creek community of Carter County. According to the county's tax assessor's office, the name of the firm that built

Upcoming events
Topeka Capital Journal
All area codes are 785 unless otherwise noted. Seaman High School Historical Society annual meeting, 2 pm Sunday, May 6, Seaman Administration Building, 901 W. Lyman Road. Includes the election of officers; museum and archives will be open from 2 to 4

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